>>guest: well, in virginia, neil, the issue is about jobs, about helping people get back to work. we have a huge issue senate commonwealth about the defense cuts. we are a defense rich state. this president has failed to put a solution on the table to help avoid the defense cuts. >>neil: you signed on to that sequestration that means the defense cuts will occur. >>guest: the house of representatives has taken action to say we do not want the defense cuts. we want to act fiscally responsible to make sure we are slimming down the federal spending but do not do it in a way that disproportionately impacts our defense-related jobs. >>neil: were you surprised when mitt romney criticized the sequestration thing and both sides, republicans and the white house, for how that was handled a year ago. he said the sequestration idea, which is cutting our defense, is an extraordinary miscalculation. that was on "meet the resolution," and i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it and a mistake for republicans to go along bit. >>guest: the reality is we were in a very